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Floristic Inventory of the Florida Keys Database Online

Jacquinia arborea Vahl
Braceletwood

Jacquinia arborea
Copyright by: Roger L. Hammer

Family: Primulaceae

Group: Dicot

Substrate: Terrestrial

Habit: Shrub

Perennation: Perennial

Native Range: The West Indies, Mexico (Yucatan peninsula), the Bay Islands of Honduras and northern South America (Venezuela).

Map of select IRC data for peninsular Florida

SOUTH FLORIDA Occurrence: Present

SOUTH FLORIDA Native Status: Not Native, Naturalized

South Florida History and Distribution: IRC considers this an emerging invasive in South Florida.

SOUTH FLORIDA Cultivated Status: Cultivated

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FLORIDA KEYS Occurrence: Present

FLORIDA KEYS Native Status: Not Native, Naturalized

Map of select IRC data for the Florida Keys

Florida Keys History and Distribution: Not reported for the Florida Keys by John Kunkel Small in 1913. Apparently naturalized only at John Pennekamp Coral Reef State Park.

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Jacquinia arborea has been reported from the following conservation area in the FLORIDA KEYS :
Occurrence Native Status
John Pennekamp Coral Reef State Park Present Not Native, Naturalized




Jacquinia arborea has been reported for the following habitat in THE FLORIDA KEYS :
Disturbed Upland


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Jacquinia arborea
Copyright by: Roger L. Hammer

Jacquinia arborea
Copyright by: Marcos A. Caraballo-Ortiz; Agrandar.